David Quote by Roger Scruton

A lot of cookbooks also have incredible food writing, even though I feel like a lot of cookbook authors don't necessarily identify with being…

— Michelle Zauner

A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.

— Grant Achatz

“What I love about reading cookbooks is that they are "clean pornography" for food addicts such as myself .. and quick and easy reads!”

— Janet Pole

I love cookbooks for completely different reasons. I love 'The Harry's Bar Cookbook' and Marco-Pierre White's 'White Heat' for their feel. For pure learning,…

— Marcus Samuelsson

As far as cookbooks go, I think Joy of Cooking is a classic. I've used it over and over again. Julia Child frustrates me.…

— Paul Lynde

My cookbooks are like a personal journey for me, they're like a chapter in my life.

— Rachel Khoo

I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're…

— Robert Cormier

The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every recipe.

— Anthony Bourdain

I've always been a great collector and lover of cookbooks.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

Every cookbook can be a bit patronising.

— Ainsley Harriott

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.

— Jo Coudert

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books.

— Jonathan Lethem